Exhibitor for wall-papers



(No Model.)

L. A. ELY;

EXHIBITOR FOR WALL PAPERS, BORDERS, AND CEILING DE GORA TION S. No. 355,067. Patented Dec. 28, 1886.

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LEWELLEN A. ELY, OF MUIR, MICHIGAN.

EXHIBITOR FOR WALL-PAPERS, BORDERS, AND CEILING DECORATIONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,067, dated December 28, 1886.

Application filed Septeml): r 11, 1885. Serial No. 176,797. (No model.)

T aZZ whom, it may concern.-

hibitor for \Vall-Papers, Borders, and Ceiling Decorations, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object. of my invention is to provide a new and improved exhibitor for wall-papers, borders, and ceiling decorations, which device shows the said parts to the greatest possible advantage, is light and easy to handle, and has a very great capacity.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved wall-paper and border exhibitor. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the holder for ceiling decorations. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the collar provided with the handles. Fig. 5' is a side View of the top piece to be used on the standard when the ceiling-decoration holder is not being used.

The base of the apparatus is formed of three or more legs, A, which are part of the tubular standard O, and are formed by splitting said standard longitudinally and bending the prongs thus obtained outward in the manner shown. A ring or flat collar, B, is secured on the standard directly above the base. The tubular standard 0 is surrounded loosely by a tube, D, having the bottom collar, D, the middle collar, D", and the top 'collar, D near the upper end, and the collar D on the upper end, from which collar D the arms or handles E project, the said handles being at right angles to each other.

' The collars D D D are provided with the apertures a along the rims, into which apertures the hinge'pins F are passed, which are formed as hooks on the inner edges of wire frames G, suitably braced and stiffened, and serving to hold the paper-hangings or other samples on each side. The lower collar, D, of the tube D rests and turns upon the collar B. A tube, H, having a collar, H, near its lowerend, is forced into the upper end of the tubular standard 0, the collar H resting on the upper end of the standard 0 and turning freely. The tube J, having the bottom and top collars, J and J, surrounds the tube H and rests upon the collar H, on which it can turn. The collar J, also has handles J proecting from its rim, for the purpose of revolving the said tube J. The collars J J have apertures a along the rims, for receiving the hinge-pins F on the inner edges of the wire frames K, suitably braced and stiffened, on which frames the borders, 850., can hang by passing a strip around them lengthwise.

In the upper end of the tube H the lower end of a pointed rod, L, is passed. On the base A a board, N, is secured horizontally in front of the-tubular standard 0, and on the upper surface of the said board two mirrors, 0, are secured, which project beyond the ends of said board and are placed horizontally. On the outer ends of the mirrors 0 upright .mirrors 1? are secured, the mirrors having suitable wooden-backs. The reflecting-surfaces-of the mirrors 0 will of course face upward, and by thus having the reflecting-surfaces at right angles to each other the reflection on the vertical mirror is reproduced by another reflection from the horizontal mirror, forming a combination that results in produc ing a sample four times the size of the one shown. By placing the same pattern on both exposed wings,.as they are spread open on front of exhibitor, the combination of reflections thus produced continue to reproduce, showing a very large surface covered and matched.

Brace-rods Q are secured to the upper ends of the mirrors P, and are bent to form a ring, Q, around-tube H, above the collar M, which is placed on the tube J above its collar J The mirrors P must be arranged such distances apart that the frames G K clear them.

The ceiling-decoration exhibitor consists of a frame, R, on which cloth or netting, S, is secured, on which is pasted any desired ceiling decoration. The lower edge of the frame R is passed into a notch, L, in the rod L, held in the upper end of the tube H, and the top edge of the said frame is held by the rod T,

secured to the top of the rod L and to the top a d 0, of the tube D, surrounding it loosely of the frame. The bottom of the frame is also braced by wires V.

The operation is as follows: A person examining the wall-paper samples, &e., stands or sits in front of the device at from ten to twenty feet distance, and the frames G and K are swung to both sides of the standard. They can be swung from right to left, or vice versa, to display the several samples and match any suitable border to any sample of paper instantly, and either the collar D or J can be turned to bring other frames to the front, matching the border to the paper to suit the customers taste. The ceiling decorations are always held above the paper at a suitable inclination in plain sight, and the wall-paper samples, 830., are reflected by the mirrors P and O. The observer can thus notice the effect produced by the combinations of the different wallpapers, borders, ceiling decorations, 82c.

The exhibitor is very light, strong, and durable, and can be worked and operated very easily, while without any change of position the customer can see every sample of border in combination with any paper picked out at almost no trouble to the dealer. The wings or frames, being interchangeable, can be removed instantly and held together for comparison of samples, while by the use of this exhibitor the dealer does not have any stock to pullback at an imminent risk of being badly torn by this handling.

The wings or frames may be removed by simply springing the lower hinge-pins, F and F, out of the apertures in the collars D or J, when the frames may be slightly lowered to withdraw the upper hingepins from the apertured collars D", D, orJ When the ceilingdecoration holder is not to be used the top piece, W, is placed in the top of the exhibitor. This piece WV may bear some suitable inscrip tion, or may be ornamented in any suitable manner, and may have any desired shape. It is provided with a downwardly-projecting neck, adapted to enter the upper end of the tube H in place of rod L. The herein-described standard having its lower end split and bent outward to form legs or a base can also I be used for articles of furniture, &c. l Havingthus described myinvent'ion, I claim I as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the tubular standand provided with collars, wire frames hung on the collars, the tube'H, projecting upward from the upper end of the standard, the tube J, surrounding the tube H, and of wire frames hung on the tubeJ, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the standard O, of the tube D surrounding it, the frames G, hung on said tube D, the tube H, projecting upward from the upper end of the tubular standard 0 and having the collar H, the tube J, surrounding the tube H and resting on the collar H,

and of frames K, hung on the tube J, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a standard, of a tube surrounding it, frames hung on the tube, a rod in a support in the top of the standard, and a frame held at an inclination on said rod,

substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination, with a standard, of a tube surrounding it, frames hung on the tube, the rod L, held in a support in the top of the standard and having the notch L, the frame R, having its bottom edge passed into the said notch, and the rod T, for holding the frame at the desired inclination, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination, with a standard and a series of swinging frames, of a horizontal mirror in front of the standard and vertical side mirrors at the ends of the horizontal mirror, the frames being adapted to swing between the two vertical inirrors, substantially asset forth.

6. The combination, with a standard,.of a tube surrounding the same, frames hung on the tube, mirrors secured horizontally to the base of the standard, and of mirrors held vertically on the ends of the horizontal mirrors, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

7. The combination, wit-h the standard 0, tube H, and rod L, of the tubes D J, the frames G K, hung on the said tubes, the frame R, held on the rod L, the mirrors 0, held horizontally on the base of the standard 0, the vertical mirrors P,-the braces Q, and the ring Q, snr

rounding the tube H, substantially as herein shown and described.

. LEWELLEN A. ELY. Witnesses:

ELMER H. ELY, HARVEY M. LUDWIOK,

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